Obama, Pelosi all smiles at Democratic fundraiser

[ucrdem]

11:54 p.m. EDT June 19, 2015

Obama and Pelosi appeared together at a fundraiser in San Francisco — an intimate gathering hosted by environmental activist Tom Steyer from his home overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Obama said he couldn't have accomplished anything in Congress without a partner in the House. "Nancy Pelosi has been that partner, and I could not be prouder to work with her," he said.

"As I think some of you may have noticed, it's not like I agree with my Democratic caucus on everything,," Obama said, eliciting laughter from the audience — and a blush from Pelosi. "But on 98% of things, they're moving in the right direction and I know where their heart is, and I know what their values are, and I know what they care about," he said.

Pelosi helped sink an extension of trade adjustment assistance in the House last week, reversing her earlier support for the measure in the hopes that it would also scuttle Obama's request for "fast track" trade promotion authority. For days afterward, the White House declined to say whether the two had spoken since the rift.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2015/06/19/obama-pelosi-steyer-fundraiser/29022765/
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Another no-drama chapter closes and all's well that ends well . . .

[Iliyah]

1. For pete sakes, they are friends.

Friends can agree and disagree. Dems don't walk in straight lines.

K & R

[ucrdem]

3. That's pretty much how she explains it.

"We agree 98% of the time"

[ucrdem]

2. Pelosi fields difficult questions on TAA and TPA before yesterday's vote

Published on Jun 18, 2015

Basically she says she doesn't like the climate ban that was inserted into TAA and doesn't see a path forward for it, but she seems resigned to TPA passing without it (as it then did) and says her relationship with PBO is great and that this is a longstanding disagreement they've discussed many times and no threat to that relationship.

[Cha]

10. THank you for this ucrdem!

[dsc]

4. they are friends who disagree on one issue

should they have a duel over it?

[jaysunb]

5. +1 n/t

[joshcryer]

6. It was all for show. Pelosi knows how it works.

Obama knows how it works.

In a week or two the TAA concessions will pass and then fast track will be complete.

Big deal.

[Cha]

7. "Obama, Pelosi all smiles at Democratic fundraiser" Mahalo ucr!

[ucrdem]

15. Aloha Cha!

Another hurricane that was over before it started.

[Cha]

23. Aloha, ucr! I so appreciate this!

Mahalo!

[freshwest]

8. Love that pic. The first woman speaker of the HoR. Firat POC president. n/t

[Cha]

11. Mahalo fresh.. me, too!.. Holding hands. :)

[ucrdem]

17. And the pics just keep on coming ... glad to see PBO enjoying himself here!

You wouldn't know it from the internets but Californians the Obamas



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JUNE 19, 2015

http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/06/19-obama-speaks-in-San-Francisco

[freshwest]

20. Thank you! What a great smile. n/t

[onehandle]

9. Tom Steyer hosted a fundraiser for Hillary last month.

Gosh. I wonder who the President and Nancy are whispering about in that photo?

[Cha]

12. Good.. Tom Steyer is an awesome Environmentalist.. mahalo onehandle.

[sheshe2]

13. It is 4 AM

Gotta work and gotta go.

Stopped to KnR.

I will PM you soon. I have stuff to talk to you about.

[ucrdem]

14. Thanks sheshe!

I knew this would blow over and sure enough. There's more to being a Democrat than bashing Dems though you wouldn't know it sometimes.

[Starry Messenger]

16. .

" The 50 guests paid $10,000 to $33,400 per person to attend, according to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee."

And how interesting this fact has not spawned 5 threads about how they are too good for the 99%--unlike HRC's fundraisers.

[ucrdem]

18. LOL, now you've done it ...

HRC is also in town, or was, but with lower ticket prices:

Coincidentally, a front-runner in the race to succeed Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, will also be in the Southland for a fundraiser Thursday. Clinton's fundraiser will be at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, with tickets priced from $1,000 to $2,700, the maximum individual contribution for a candidate seeking his or her party's presidential nomination.

Clinton will also conduct three fundraisers Friday on Los Angeles' Westside -- a 12:30 p.m. luncheon at the Beverly Hills home of Westfield Corp. co-CEO Peter Lowy and his wife Janine; a 5 p.m. event at the home of HBO executive Michael Lombardo and husband Sonny Ward; and a 7 p.m. event at the home of actor Tobey Maguire and his wife Jennifer Meyer. Tickets for each event are priced at $2,700.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/President-Barack-Obama-Hillary-Clinton-Visit-LA-Marc-Maron-Chuck-Lorre-308160691.html

[Starry Messenger]

19. She's in the Mission district today.

I'm coming home from a trip in the North Bay today, so I've been keeping an eye on the fundraisers in the city that might impact traffic.

[freshwest]

21. Just because the HRC=RR=PBO=GWB group hasn't weighed in yet. n/t

[Hekate]

22. Gee, anybody would think they are grown ups or something.